Which to use
“deviate” is a verb and “Devine” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,751
- “deviate” frequency rank
- #27,806
- “Devine” frequency rank
- 54557
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | deviate | Devine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To go off course from; to change course; to change plans. | A surname from Irish. |
Letter map: deviate vs Devine
Shared letters muted; letters that set deviate and Devine apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Role in the sentence - deviate and Devine
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: deviate is averb and Devineaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54557, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
deviate is recorded at frequency rank #26,751, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈdiː.vi.eɪt/. Devine is at rank #27,806, tagged as aname.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 54557, this pair ranks #140,174 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of deviate vs Devine
Shared letters: deiv. Private to "deviate": at. Private to "Devine": n.
"deviate" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "Devine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "deviate" and "Devine" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "deviate" or "Devine"?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "deviate" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Devine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #140,174 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "deviate" and "Devine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Devine vs Devito". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #140,174 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.